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FUNDAMENTAL PHYSICS
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| Fundamental
physics looks at the ultimate constituents of matter and the
interactions between those constituents. 21m
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| Akram
Khan
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PRINTED ELECTRONICS
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| The
challenges involved in printing electronic devices on paper using
conventional printing presses to reduce costs and pollution.
17m
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| Darren
Southee
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SET THEORY
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| A branch
of mathematics that studies infinite collections, sequences and
sets of numbers. Mathematics, logic and philosophy. 30m
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| Philip
Welch
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PARTICLE COSMOLOGY
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| Using
Particle Physics & Quantum Theory to study the early universe
of 13 billion years ago and learn about the building blocks of
nature. 42m
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| Ed
Copeland
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ECOLOGY & CIVIL
ENGINEERING
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| The
complex interactions of living organisms. The parallels between
engineering systems and ecological systems. How people
learn. 28m
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| Alan
Feest
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MICRO CHIP DESIGN
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| How
silicon chips in everyday electronic devices are designed to
maximise performance whilst minimising energy use. 32m
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| Simon
Hollis
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STRUCTURE OF LIQUIDS
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| Examining
how molecules orientate themselves in liquids. This area of work
lies between the subjects of physics and chemistry. 17m
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| Paddy
Royall
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OPTICS & NANOPHYSICS
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| Using
optics and nanophysics to develop new medical tools, new computer
interfaces and other applications. 12m
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| David
Carberry
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PARTICLE PHYSICS
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| Discovering
the fundamental constituents of the universe and the forces that
hold them together. Taking science to the public. 18m
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| Helen
Heath
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THERMO FLUIDS
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| The
branch of mechanical engineering dealing with thermo dynamics and
fluid mechanics. Engineering in developing countries. 20m
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| Hind
Saidani Scott
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MULTIMEDIA COMMUNICATIONS
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| Improving
the efficiency with which multimedia content is transmitted over
networks by analysing what people do and don't notice. 12m
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| George
Ghinea
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SUSTAINABLE DESIGN
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| Designing
new products that reduce the impact on the environment and take
account of wider social and economic implications. 10m
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| David
Harrison
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MULTIMEDIA COMMUNICATIONS
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| Using
compression techniques to removing unnecessary data from images,
speech, audio and video making it easier to transmit. 14m
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| Jonathan
Loo
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BIO PROCESSING
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| Bio
processing involves the purification of biologically active
components from natural or synthetic mixtures. 16m
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| Ian
Garrard
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COMPUTER VISION
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| Using
engineering, computer science and psychologies to build up
intelligent systems that see the real world. Robot systems. 17m
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| Huiyu
Zhou
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ADOPTION OF INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY
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| Looking
at how people react to new technology, how they assess usefulness
and make decisions. 18m
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| Natasha
Papazafeiropoulou
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VISUAL NEUROSCIENCE
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| People
recognize objects without difficulty but teaching a computer to
recognize those same images is a much greater challenge. 10m
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| Jonathan
Peirce
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FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH
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| Research
which seeks to answer important questions about science that do
not have immediate commercial applications. 25m
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| Philip
Moriarty
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SUSTAINABLE BUILDINGS
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| Engineers
and architects working together to design contemporary homes which
maximise the use of renewable energy sources. 8m
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| Mark
Gillott
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PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY
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| Understanding
how the chemical properties of materials are influenced by their
physical states as gases, liquids or solids. 13m
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| Anthony
Stace
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PHYSICAL BIOCHEMISTRY
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| Using
magnetic resonance to research new antibiotics and modify
existing medicinal compounds to combat resistant infections. 13m
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| Boyan
Bonev
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VIROLOGY
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| Studying
how viruses infect cells in order to design new drugs to block
them causing infections. Developing new vaccines. 18m
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| Jonathan
Ball
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CARBON CAPTURE &
STORAGE
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| Measuring
the environmental effects on grass, crops and soil of capturing
carbon emissions and storing carbon underground. 16m
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| Michael
Steven
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APPLIED PHYSICS
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| Using
physics research to develop new technologies in solid state physics
such as low dimensional semiconductor structures. 21m
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| Mohamed
Henini
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ANIMAL DEVELOPMENT
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| Understanding
the molecular mechanisms that govern early development. Improving
the cloning process in cattle, sheep & pigs. 17m
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| Keith
Campbell
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PHYSIOLOGY
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| The
study of cells and tissues, how they function and interact with
each other. The physiology of articular cartilage and
osteoarthritis. 19m
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| Ali
Mobasheri
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MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY
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| Creating
new drugs for the future through the design and synthesis of new
biological entities based on known chemical tools. 22m
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| Jonathan
Harburn
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MICRO BREWERIES
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| Producing
alcoholic beverages via fermentation using micro organisms.
Training people to launch, manage and operate micro breweries. 7m
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| St-john
Usher
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CLIMATE CHANGE
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| Looking
at how climate change is about much more than global warming and
extends to rainfall, air pressure and wind speeds. 18m
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| Dennis
Wheeler
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PSYCHOLOGY
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| How
people go from thinking about something to expressing it in
grammatical sentences which can be understood by others. 10m
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| Matthew
Watson
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PROBABILITY
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| The
mathematical study of chance phenomena and how this connects up
with other areas of mathematics such as group theory and geometry.
15m
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| Dave
Applebaum
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SECURITY IN NURSERIES
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| An
expanding venture using new technology to keep children in
day nurseries safe and improve communication with parents. 10m
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| George
Bathurst
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GENETICS
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| The
study of heredity. How the instructions to build organisms are
passed on from one generation to another through DNA material. 43m
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| Peter
Sudbery
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DIGITAL CONVERGENCE
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| Taking
you through the steps involved in launching an innovative system
for converging video, TV, web and telephone into one service. 31m
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| Craig
Packer
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PSYCHOTHERAPY
& E-LEARNING
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| Using
novel electronic techniques to teach psychotherapy to students in
eight different countries at the same time. 22m
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| Chris
Blackmore
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CONTROL SYSTEMS
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| How
engineers in the aerospace industry connect software, hardware and
controls to build flight navigation systems and flight simulators.
9m
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| Dave
Allerton
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COMPOSITE MATERIALS
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| Researching
material blends to produce high strength and durability for
aerospace use and recyclable materials for everyday use. 20m
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| Alma
Hodzic
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FIBRE COMPOSITES
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| Interdisciplinary
field using predictive models to analyse the chemistry, chemical
interaction and mechanical properties of materials. 21m
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| Frank
Jones
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FACTORIES
OF THE FUTURE
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| Rapid prototyper. An advanced fabrication technology that can copy
itself with far reaching implications for capitalism and climate
change. 29m
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| Adrian Bowyer
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SATELLITE TECHNOLOGY
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| Spacecraft
engineering. Radiation environment & effects. Space weather. Atmospheric
radiation. Planetary exploration. 23m
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| Craig
Underwood
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PHYSICS
OF MAGNETISM
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| Research aimed at producing a
unified
approach to characterisation of energy efficient soft magnetic materials. 15m
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| Stan Zurek
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NUTRITIONAL MEDICINE
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| Selenium and human
health. Selenium status and disease risk. Selenium functional foods. Nutrition
and arthritis. 39m
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| Margaret Rayman
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NANOTECHNOLOGY
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| Nanotechnology and the
structure, transport and electronic properties of carbon based nanomaterials.
20m
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| David Carey
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ION QUANTUM TECHNOLOGY
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| New quantum technologies such as the quantum computer. Developments
in ion trapping technology. Ion trap arrays. 26m
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| Winfried Hensinger
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MATERIALS RESEARCH
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| Materials surfaces and
structural systems. Royal Society research. 13m
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| Marie-Laure Abel
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MATHEMATICS
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| Mathematics
as a study or career choice. Research in combinatorics and combinatorial
structures. Algebraic & projective geometry. 16m
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| James Hirschfeld
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MATHS
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| Maths,
popular science and combining research with writing. 25m
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| Ian
Stewart
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FUTURE
DENTISTRY
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| Research
into bone biology & tissue engineering to find if it is possible to make decayed teeth
repair and regenerate themselves. 31m
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| Alastair Sloan
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HUMAN
GENOME
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| Half
of what makes us human is written in our genome the other half is the result
of how genes interact with the environment. 38m
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| Araxi
Urrutia
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ELECTRICAL
ENGINEERING
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| Electrical
materials & polymers. Improving education. 19m
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| John
Fothergill
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EXPLORING
THE ATMOSPHERE
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| Understanding
the dynamics of the Earth’s Middle Atmosphere. Investigating
the role of gravity waves, tides and planetary waves. 34m
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| Nick Mitchell
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DIGITAL BUSINESS
ECOSYSTEM
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| Distributed computing
& database systems. Transactional modelling. Algorithm complexity. Peer to
Peer networks. 20m
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| Amir Razavi
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DIGITAL
MAPPING
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| Digital mapping and the
challenges posed by new innovations. 36m
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| W
Mackaness
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DNA
DAMAGE AND REPAIR
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| DNA is
damaged by radiation,
chemicals and its metabolism. A human daily has one trillion DNA damage
events. 13m
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| Raymond Waters
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COMPUTER VISION
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Computer Vision.
Creating cartoons from video and art from photographs. Non linear cameras. Classifying objects. 32m
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| Peter Hall
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BANK
SECURITY
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| Protecting
bank
security systems fraud and external attack. 21m
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| Graham
Steel
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BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING
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| Instrumentation for
ophthalmology. Colour vision deficit as a diagnostic tool for diabetic
retinopathy and optic neuritis. Orthopaedics. 17m
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| Lionel Ripley
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BIOMIMETICS
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| Application of concepts from biology within engineering. Mechanical properties
of biological materials. Biology as a tool for innovation. 43m
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| Julian Vincent
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ANALYSING
EXPERTISE
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| The
nature and sociology of scientific knowledge. Public understanding and science
education.
The nature of skills, expertise and experience. 43m
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| Harry Collins & Rob Evans
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ARTIFICIAL
INTELLIGENCE
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| A.I.
techniques and their use in emergency response
centres. 27m
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| Austin
Tate
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ASTROPHYSICS |
| Astrophysics,
art and emerging technologies. 35m
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| Sandra
Chapman
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AUTISM
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| Cognitive
psychology, autism, asperger syndrome and gender differences. 17m
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| John
Lawson
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CANCER
RESEARCH
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| Medical
oncology, renal and prostate cancer, experimental cancer therapies. 11m
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| Hardev
Pandha
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CANCER
RESEARCH
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| Pathology,
histopathology and oncological pathology. Biomarker analysis in breast cancer & colorectal cancer.
Cancer vaccines. 23m
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| Bharat Jasani
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CO-INFECTION
BIOLOGY
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| Parasites are a major source of production loss and animal welfare issues
worldwide. Mathematical and statistical modelling techniques. 24m
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| Joanne Lello
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COMPUTER VISION
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| Technology transfer.
Vision, speech and signal processing. Cognitive vision. Pattern recognition.
Audio processing. 18m
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| Bill Christmas
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CONSERVATION
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| Conservation
work on corrosion of iron, wood, glass and fibres. The restoration of the SS
Great Britain. 41m
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| David Watkinson
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CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS
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| Construction
materials. Experimental and numerical modelling of masonry structures,
including arch structures and dry-stone walls. 20m
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| Pete
Walker
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EARTH
SCIENCES
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| Earth
sciences & academic life in the UK and US. 42m
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| Jon
Davidson
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ENTERPRISE
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| Software,
commodity trading and venture capital. 30m
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Robert
Brady
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ENTERPRISE
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| Enterprise,
innovation and the Cambridge Science Park. 42m
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| Dominic
Mikulin
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ENVIRONMENTAL
DESIGN
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| Thermal
performance and sustainability in buildings.
18m
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| Mary
Hancock
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FISH
PARASITES
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| Fish
parasites devastated the Norwegian salmon industry. Now a study is examining a
similar issue affecting ornamental fish. 13m
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| Tracey King
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GEOPHYSICS
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| Geophysics
& exploring the ocean floor. 61m
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| Roger
Searle
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INCLUSIONAL RESEARCH
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| Awareness that space is a vital, dynamic inclusion
within, around and permeating natural form. Academic freedoms. 24m
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| Alan
Rayner
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NETWORKING
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| Networks
and their use in online games and security systems.
29m
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| Madjid
Merabti
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NUTRITIONAL MEDICINE
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| Selenium and human
health. Selenium status and disease risk. Selenium functional foods. Nutrition
and arthritis. 39m
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| Margaret Rayman
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OCEANOGRAPHY
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| Seafloor mapping and
acoustical oceanography using remote sensing in underwater environments.
Habitat mapping. 35m
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| Philippe Blondel
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PLANT
CELL CYCLE
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| Regulation
of the plant cell cycle. Interdisciplinary research with mathematics and
computing.
DNA
replication in plants.
24m
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| Dennis Francis
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PSYCHOLOGICAL
MEDICINE
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| Psychiatric
genetics research involving schizophrenia and alzheimer’s disease and
developmental dyslexia. 19m
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| Julie Williams
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SPORT
SCIENCE
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| Sport
& exercise science, psychology and performance. Momentum. 19m
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| A
Redwood-Brown
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TUBERCULOSIS
RESEARCH
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| Tuberculosis
is responsible for 2 to 3 million deaths worldwide each year. Collaborative research programme to devise vaccines.
19m
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| Douglas Lowrie
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